MSGKnickz33
The Gold Mac
The New York Knicks(14-29) vs The Los Angeles Lakers(27-15)
Tues. 1/29 at 10:30pm ET on MSG
Tues. 1/29 at 10:30pm ET on MSG
Welcome to the MSGKnickz33 Pregame show, Im your host Jazzy Jeff and were here to take a look at Tuesday nights matchup. The Lakers have lost 3 straight games. They are in 6th place in the Western Conference one game behind the Spurs. The Lakers are not playing as well without Andrew Bynum but they still have been competitive. The Knicks have won 5 out of their last 10 games. They showed some heart against Golden State but were unable to come away with the win. Andris Biedrins grabbed 26 rebounds and the Knicks could not stop Monta Ellis.
STARTING LINEUPS
THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS
pg-Derek Fisher
sg-Kobe Bryant
sf-Luke Walton
pf-Lamar Odom
C-Kwame Brown
AND NOW YOUR NEW YORK KNICKERBOCKERS!!!!
AT POINT GUARD JAMAL CRAWFORD
AT SHOOTING GUARD FRED JONES
AT SMALL FORWARD QUENTIN RICHARDSON
AT POWER FORWARD ZACH RANDOLPH
AT CENTER EDDY CURRY
MSG33 PresEnTs the KeY MatChuP: Kwame Brown vs Eddy Curry
I would rather have Kwame Brown then Eddy Curry but E-City should be able to power his way to the hoop down low. Kwame Brown does not have the strength to defend Curry in the low post. What I like more about Brown is that hes a better defender and rebounder then Curry. If Eddy does what he knows how to do he will be able to score at will against the Lakers. Hopefully he doesnt allow someone to dunk on him like last time:
Eddy Curry Last 5 Games:
24mpg
14ppg
4.6rpg
55fg%
1.8topg
Let me be the first to say these numbers are sad. How many players would love to be built to dominate like Eddy Curry? His points are almost half of what they should be and his rebounds are 1/3 of what they should be. Curry is blessed with the size and athletic ability of a top 15 player but he has the softness of a WNBA player, a cowards mentality, and conditioning thats comparible with Vin Baker and Shawn Kemp (Rite now, not in their primes).
Kwame Brown, the former #1 pick has not lived up to the hype. Thats an understatement but lets look at how hes done the last 5 games:
25mpg
7.4ppg
50fg%
6.8rpg
2TO
What a crappy key matchup. What else am I suppose to do, continue to go back and forth with Crawford and Randolph? You cant really have a key matchup with Fred Jones and Q-Rich. Both of them statistically make small impacts. Crawford and Z-Bo are the only players that put up some stats, good or bad.
Next time my key matchup will be the waterboy vs time. Will the waterboy be able to get every player water before the time out becomes time up?
The Official MSG33 Pregame Strategy:
- Study tapes of Bruce Bowen, try to injure Kobe Bryant
- Defense!!!! We just played the second best team offensively; Now its time to play the 3rd Best......Lakers-107ppg
- Lakers=3rd best rebounding team......44.9rpg.....Box Out!!!
- Change Offensive Gameplan!!!!! Knicks vs Lakers 12/23: 39.5fg%, 15.8%3P
- Celtics(34-8)
- Pistons(31-13)-4GB
- Magic(28-18)-8GB
- Cavs(24-19)-10.5GB
- Raptors(24-19)10.5GB
- Wizards(23-19)11GB
- Hawks(18-22)15GB
- Pacers(19-26)16.5GB
- Nets(18-26)17GB
- Bucks(18-27)17.5GB
- Bulls(17-26)17.5GB
- Bobcats(17-27)18GB
- 76ers(17-28)18.5GB
- Knicks(14-29)20.5GB
- Heat(9-33)25GB
The Official Playoff Race: Knicks are 4 games out
A New Part of the Game Thread, Jazzy Jeff is introducing for the 1st time month by month statistics which will be updated for every game. Lets compare numbers from the first 3 months of the NBA season.
November(5-11):Opponents Points per game=101.5
93.1ppg,43.4rpg,17apg,42.9fg%,32.2%3P,70.2FT%,6.9spg,3.2bpg
December(3-11):Opponents Points per game=102.6
94.6ppg,41.3rpg,16.4apg,42.6fg%,33.1%3P,70.7FT%,6.7spg,1.5bpg
January(6-7):Opponents Points per game=97.2
95.5ppg,39.8rpg,20.8apg,46.3fg%,34.6%3P,73.3FT%,5.2spg,1.8bpg
Lakers Top 3 Point shooters
- Derek Fisher-43.1%
- Jordan Farmar-40.6%
- Vladimir Radmanovic-39.2%
- Sasha Vujacic-38.6%
- Luke Walton-38%
- Kobe Bryant-34.9%
- Trevor Ariza-33%
*Trevor Ariza is not listed on the injured list but I believe hes injured. He hasnt played since Jan. 17 after fracturing a bone in his right foot during practice
The Knicks will have their hands full with one of the best players in the league, Kobe Bryant. Back about a month ago Kobe went off for 39 points on 50% shooting. He was the only player to give the Knicks problems, the 2nd leading scorer was Andrew Bynum who had 13 points but as already mentioned he wont be playing. Odom was 3rd with 9 points.
If the Knicks can hold down the rest of the team like they did last time they will give themselves a good chance to win. Nate Robinson and Jamal Crawford provided most of the offense for the Knicks last time. The Lakers held the Knicks to only 3 3-pointers in the game. Crawford (31 points) shot 44% but Nate who finished with 16 points only shot 33%.
Throwback HipHop Video of the Day:
Artist:Noreaga
Title:Married to Marijuana
Album: ?
Year: ?
That does it for my pregame show. I thank everyone for joining me and remember to tune in late Tuesday night to catch the Knicks and Lakers.